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ArticleMartin Saunders: ‘God’s grace is bigger than anyone’s parenting failures’
Yeah, I was born into a working-class family, but my parents were part of the home ownership boom in the late 70s and 80s. So, we were not wealthy but not poor either. I wasn’t brought up as a Christian, but I came into contact with a number of churches and Christian groups near where I lived, so I got to see and be around Christians a bit. When I was 14, I met an amazing school’s worker who set out the Gospel in a really clear and logical way – it really made sense to me, and I was convinced on the spot. I went up to him at the end and said “you’ve got yourself a convert”; he thought I was making fun of him!
